Admission Requirement

To be considered for admission into the course, the applicant must satisfy the following requirements:

i. A first degree in Biochemistry and other Natural Sciences, Agriculture, Veterinary, Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Chemical Engineering with at least a third class honours of Ahmadu Bello University or HND with upper credit or

ii. An equivalent degree from another University recognized by Ahmadu Bello University.

iii. At least twofavorable letters of recommendation, oneof which must be from the applicant¡¦s previous academic advisor.

• Forty percent (40%) of the admission quota will be reserved for female applicants.
• Similarly, thirty percent (30%) of the admission quota will be reserved for non-Nigerians.

Graduation Requirements

The programme shall be run using a combination of approaches namely, taught courses (lectures), laboratory exercises, seminars, assignments and independent research activities. The research component may run concurrently with the second semester of the programme.

For successful completion of the coursework aspect of the PGD Forensic programme, a student is required to:

• attain at least 75% attendance of lectures and laboratory practical works
• register for and pass all the taught core courses (20Credit Units) and a minimum of 2 Credit units of electives.
• obtain a minimum of ¡§C¡¨ grade in all the core courses
• present a written non-thesis, supervised project
• present at least one seminar per semester